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Toy Drive

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Local Man's 'Bad' Day Spawns Successful Toy Drive

Raymond Carr collects more than 450 toys for children impacted by Superstorm Sandy.

Debi Carr recently submitted the following letter to Gloucester Township Patch. We felt Christmas Day would be a perfect time to share this inspiring story of her son's efforts to turn his "bad" day into an opportunity to spread holiday joy to those impacted by Superstorm Sandy. My son Raymond, who has Down syndrome and autism, goes to Communicare, an adult day center in Washington Township, and had a "bad" day at school, so, as part of his "good behavior reward," had to do a good deed for the school. He sent out fliers to all family and friends and the Hider Lane Senior Club group asking for toy donations for Hurricane Sandy victims. We were very overwhelmed by the Chili's restaurant in Deptford—thanks to the Harkins and Long families in …

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Erial Resident Aids Campbell's Toy Drive

Campbell's Soup employees collect more than 300 toys to support Salvation Army's "Angel Tree" program.

Employees with the customer service center at Campbell Soup Co.'s Camden facility collected more than 300 toys in support of the Salvation Army's "Angel Tree" program. Erial resident Cheryl Davis was one of the Campbell employees who volunteered to help run the "Angel Tree" in her department. Campbell's presented its toy collection to officials with Salvation Army on Wednesday. Toys collected as part of the Salvation Army's "Angel Tree" program go to needy children in the area for Christmas. Unlike a traditional toy drive, the "Angel Tree" program fulfills families’ and children’s specific needs and wishes for the holiday season by allowing them to fill out tags identifying a desired toy.

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